Where is Jarmuth in the Bible?
Jarmuth was a Canaanite city mentioned in the book of Joshua. Its king, Piram, joined an alliance against Joshua and the Israelites (Joshua 10:3,5). Jarmuth appears in 4 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What happened at Jarmuth?
Jarmuth was a Canaanite city mentioned in the book of Joshua. Its king, Piram, joined an alliance against Joshua and the Israelites (Joshua 10:3,5). However, the Israelites defeated the alliance, and the king of Jarmuth was captured and put to death (Joshua 10:23). The city was later allotted to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 12:11; 15:35) and was inhabited by the people of Judah after the Babylonian exile (Nehemiah 11:29). Jarmuth was located in the Shephelah, the lowland region of Judah, but its exact location is uncertain.
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Jarmuth appear in the Bible?
Jarmuth is referenced in 4 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Joshua 10:23
- Joshua 12:11
- Joshua 15:35
- Nehemiah 11:29
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Jarmuth.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Jarmuth?
Jarmuth appears in 4 verses across 2 books, most often in Joshua, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Jarmuth?
Joshua, Nehemiah.
Where can I read every verse about Jarmuth?
This page lists 4 of them. Protos carries all 4, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.


